iphone UITextView does not support data detectors when the text view is editable

Question

I am getting an interesting warning at build time (iPhone simulator) that gives the following:

EditView.xib:35:0 UITextView does not support data detectors when the text view is editable.

This is basically non existent on google and I would like to remove it.

My editview.xib has a textview where I write notes into it. Is there any more info that is needed?

Answer 1

Data detectors for the UITextView would be for copy and paste. Since you are setting it as editable, copy/paste shouldn't be allowed where you think paste should, but copy shouldn't.

Answer 2

I was seeing this warning as well. Here's how I fixed it:

In the xib file in Interface Builder, select your text view, and bring up the attributes inspector. Make sure that "Detects Phone numbers" and "Detects Links" are both UNCHECKED.

I had "Detects Links" checked, and turns out that's what was causing the warning. Basically, if the textview is editable, you don't want these auto-detect features turned on.